City Desk :
Institute of Hazrat Mohammad (SAW) has observed holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi (SM) through week-long programmes which included Nationwide Talent Competition for Visually Impaired students, Tafseer & Discussion Sessions and Milad Mahfil marking on 12th Rabiul Awwal.
The talent competition was participated by Visually Impaired students from across the country in various categories in different age groups – Holy Quran Recitation competition; Hamd & Naate Rasul SAW competition and Essay Competition.
The competition aimed to generate awareness and spread the light on the Teachings of Prophet Mohammad (SAW) to build a tolerant and peaceful society. Participants presented their submission through online submissions and the Award ceremony was held on 8th Rabiul Awwal on the Institute premisesib Dhaka where stipends were distributed amongst 16 winners.
Zakiul Islam, Managing Director of Northern Electricity Supply Company Ltd was present at the Award ceremony as Chief Guest and Professor Mamunur Rashid of Computer Science Dept. of Dhaka University was present as a Special Guest.
The Chief Guest praised the Institute for organizing such an inclusive and awareness building program for over a decade and expressed his interest to assist the Institute to spread such training programs to the remote areas of the country with the help of NESCO.
He commended the Institute for giving a platform for visually impaired persons to demonstrate their talent and encouraged the students to strive hard to realize their potential. President of the Institute Lt. General (Retd.) M. Nooruddin Khan attended the event virtually and called to enhance our understandings of the teachings of Prophet Mohammad (SAW) on peace, tolerance and equality. Shekh Abdul Latif Al Qadi Al Madani, the Chief Advisor of the Institute also spoke on the significance of the occasion. Director Legal Affairs of the Institute Barrister Md. Reazul Karim and Director Administration Rubaba Rahman also attended the program.
Center for Zakat Management provided prizes for the winners. It may be noted that since 2004 the Institute has been conducting free training courses for the visually impaired on English and Arabic languages, IT and Braille system and also organizes such competition every year to commemorate the Holy month of Rabiul Awwal.
